There is still a full week of programming for toddlers and preschool children at both the main and the branch libraries! Scribble Time: Space is available in our award-winning Scribble Time program for ages 12 – 36 months. We added a new activity for December: The children explore painting with […]

Punch and Judy Puppet Show! Tuesday, December 9 @ 7:00 p.m. Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Gather ’round and observe the antics of one of the best known performers of all time! Why, for more than 350 years, standing room only crowds have enjoyed these merriments! Who, you ask? Of course, […]

Is it, by chance, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? Or turkey? Or pumpkin pie? Get ready for the annual Thanksgiving food fest by bringing a lunch or just a snack to our Family Film Café on Sunday, November 23, at 1:30 p.m. to watch “Cloudy with a Chance of […]

Mabel Elizabeth Singletary will visit the main library on Sunday, November 16, at 2:30 p.m. to visit with children and their families and read from her books. She will pose for pictures with the children and sign their copies of her books (which are available to purchase with cash or […]

Halloween is fun at the library! Join us for some special events and activities with your children. All programs are at the Main Library on DeMott Lane and are free. Sunday, October 26, at 2:00 p.m. – Robert Rogers Puppet Company presents “Hobnobbin’ Goblins,” a marionette puppet show that is […]

Are you ready for some musical fun with your preschooler? Join us on the “third Saturdays” for Book Beat, a program for children ages 3 1/2 – 5 years with a parent or family member, and get ready for some rollicking musical fun! Chant to the beat, dance to the […]

Join us to close a wonderful summer of reading with Daria’s World Music Concert! Thursday, August 21 @ 7:00 p.m. For Daria, Its all about empowering kids… letting them explore the world of music in a way that unlocks the amazing talent and inner beauty they naturally possess. For that […]

It’s here! Summer reading registration begins June 15 and continues through July. Visit the library’s home page and click on the summer reading tab to register for either Fizz Boom Read for Kids or Fizz Boom Read Toddler and then follow the onscreen directions to sign up. Fizz Boom Read […]

The New Jersey State Library gives its “Best Practices in Early Literacy” Award to four libraries each year, and Franklin Township Library is one of the four chosen for 2014 for its Scribble Time program. Scribble Time introduces toddlers, ages 12 – 36 months, to the type of art media […]

One of the partners of the national summer reading program that takes place at Franklin Township Library (as well as other libraries around the state and across the nation) is a New Jersey organization called Bedtime Math. Its mission is to make math a part of everyday life, just like […]